Circulatory System for grade 5

Your blood is made up of which of the following...

• plasma, red blood cells, blue blood cells
• white and red blood cells
• plasma and platelets
• plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

What part of blood is responsible for fighting infections?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

What part of blood is responsible for carrying wastes, nutrients, and minerals?

• Red Blood Cells
• White Blood Cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.

• respiratory
• digestive
• muscular
• skeletal

What are platelets?

• Very small plates used by woodland creatures and fairies

• The blood cells that form clots when you are cut to stop bleeding.

• They make your blood thinner when you are out of breath

• the take oxygen back to the heart

Which describes all the parts of the circulatory system?

• heart, lungs, stomach, muscles

• heart, blood, arteries, and veins

• bones, skin, hair

What does Deoxygenated mean?

• Oxygen-rich
• Blood flow
• Oxygen-poor
• Water Flow

What is the heart ? 

• meaty organ 
• a small metal spike with a broadened flat head,
• organ of soft nervous tissue 
• muscular organ

How many types of blood vessels are in our body?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The job of the heart is to . . .

• pump blood around the body.

• send food to the small intestines.

• break down food.

• give energy to the body.